Wyatt Bother? There appears to be a never-ending market for Wyatt Earp books, and Allen Barra's effort is the latest, though certainly not the greatest. [02-01-99] — Emil Franzi, TUCSON WEEKLY Noir Star Michael Connelly scores again with this classic tale of murder and paranoia. [02-01-99] — Gaylon Parsons, TUCSON WEEKLY When In Rome Peter Stanford's "The Legend of Pope Joan" examines tales of John VIII, supposedly a ninth-century woman of great learning and wisdom who attained the highest office in western Christendom. [01-25-99] — Gaylon Parsons, TUCSON WEEKLY Coen Canon Movie-maker Ethan Coen tries his hand at short-story writing. [01-25-99] — Stephan Faris, TUCSON WEEKLY Wal-Mart Nation To the ever-expanding list of vanishing Americana, we must now add the Bookmark, Tucson's last family owned and operated general interest bookstore. [01-19-99] — Jeff Yanc, TUCSON WEEKLY Offensive Line In a mad dash to criminalize the National Football League, the authors of "Pros and Cons: The Criminals Who Play In The NFL" fail to make one crucial distinction: the difference between arrests and convictions. [01-19-99] — Christopher Weir, TUCSON WEEKLY TV Or Not TV? A new short-story collection reflects the obsessive desires of a pop-culture junkie to create new meaning from a steady diet of TV commercials. [01-11-99] — Jeff Yanc, TUCSON WEEKLY Discovering Africa John Reader's eminently approachable "Africa: A Biography of the Continent" does much to put Africa on the mental map of ignorant Northern Europeans. [01-11-99] — Gregory McNamee, TUCSON WEEKLY Fanning The Flame Novelist Greg Dinallo's "Touched By Fire" wastes no time establishing a throat-clenching momentum that doesn't let up until the final page. [01-04-99] — Christopher Weir, TUCSON WEEKLY Apocalyptic Visions What's more fun than the end of the world? [01-04-99] — James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY Rum Punch Forty years after he began writing it, Hunter S. Thompson's only novel, "The Rum Diary," has finally been published. Yawn. [12-27-98] — Jim Carvalho, TUCSON WEEKLY Preternatural Prototype It's a little-known fact that Dr. Gonzo in Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" is based on a real person. [12-27-98] — Jim Carvalho, TUCSON WEEKLY Devastating Truths Gary Webb's "Dark Alliance" series in the San Jose Mercury News so alarmed this congresswoman that she launched her own investigation. [12-20-98] — Maxine Waters, TUCSON WEEKLY Addictive Reading When Gary Webb broke the biggest story of his reporting career—about CIA complacency in Cenrtral American cocaine smuggling straight to the streets of L.A.—he got fired. [12-20-98] — Gary Webb, TUCSON WEEKLY Tragic Trajectory "Obsession," by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker, navigates the dark world of sexual predators with impassioned conviction and justified outrage. [12-14-98] — Christopher Weir, TUCSON WEEKLY Sex, Lies And Gasoline Where does Cher end and Marilyn Manson begin? Their new tell-all books may offer us mere mortals some clues. [12-14-98] — James DiGiovanna, TUCSON WEEKLY Captive Cowboys "God of the Rodeo," by Daniel Bergner, shows us why Angola State Prison is this nation's version of Devil's Island—if Devil's Island had a rodeo, that is. [12-14-98] — Gregory McNamee, TUCSON WEEKLY Trouble In Metropolis? "Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster," by Mike Davis deconstructs a socio-environmental Apocalypse that may be coming to a city near you. [12-07-98] — Christopher Weir, TUCSON WEEKLY Single, White Mental Case "Like Being Killed," by Ellen Miller, requires a strong stomach of the reader. [12-07-98] — Lori McNeill, TUCSON WEEKLY What's Cookin' "Flora's Kitchen," by Regina Romero,captures her family's fondest memories and finest foods. [11-30-98] — Brendan Doherty, TUCSON WEEKLY More Books Archives...
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